raves

sometimes people are a bit surprised when i tell them that i like to spend most of my nights home reading a book, watching a dvd, studying thai, things like that. bangkok apparently has this amazing nightlife, but aside from when i have friends in from out of town, i am rarely up past eleven or twelve on a weekend. part of what keeps me in are the crowds and smoking, in california you can go out to a bar and hang out with your friends and your clothes don’t reek of cigarettes when you come home. i think what really keeps me home is that i already spent way too many hours in bars and clubs and as a settle into my dotage, i just enjoy going to bed early, getting up early, being in places without loud music. i’m sure that my ashtanga practice is a big influence on this too, it’s hard to get up and practice yoga for two hours six days a week if you’re not taking care of your body properly.

there have been two periods in my life tho where i was very much into going out, the first lasted from about age 16-19 and for those first few years i pretty much spent all my energy either going out, saving money to go out, or fighting with my parents about not letting me go out. i grew up in a small town in upstate ny and while there was no real night-life around there, it was the early 90s and there was this booming rave culture happening in lots of places a few hours from nyc. when i was back at mom’s for christmas i found hundreds of old rave flyers stored in a box, i scanned in a bunch … either from parties i went to, thought i may of went to or just thought were pretty. i don’t think i went to all of the parties that i scanned in flyers for, but i my memories from those years are a bit shaky (for a variety of reasons), so who knows what i went to and didn’t.

i have a big box of pictures from those years too, i’m not sure i’m ready to put them online yet tho. i wore some really scary outfits.

rave flyers are linked above as rave museum.

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5 Responses to raves

  1. David Taylor says:

    hey i dont know if you will remember me but i saw the web site and wanted to say whats up i went to most of those partys with you and jen and dave space and colleen etc…. Maybe you’ll remember i hung out with scott matt and pat I was a couple years older than you and used to dance house But then i started just getting messed up all the time. I think that you’ll remember cause you were there. write back if you know who the hell this is

  2. Jen says:

    Dave.. maybe, were you one of the boys from Troy, do you remember Laura?? I know what scott you are talking of, well i think i do. i think he used to ahve a thing for those little pieces of funky paper, no? :) dave, got a picture to refresh us??

  3. David Taylor says:

    Wow Jen I can”t believe you of all people dont remember me I’m cute girl damm I get no love. I’m from clifton park I hung with pat christopher and matt moffre and his brother pat and you do have the right scott remember tyler and jeremiah and turtle I know Im really going way back but got to remember Oh and I do know laura from troy how about mikey? Do you remember fall staffs in saratoga or the party in saracuse in feb 1995 at the theater I know you remember that or all the times at the skate park in newburgh when you helped me if you know what I mean.How about when both of you saw me at Heaven in Oueens jan 1 1995 out of my mind and people were scared for me Or the hardcore party in binghamton in april 1995 when me and luke hung out

  4. Jen says:

    David! Nobody said i don’t remember you, well i might have. You do remember those were hazy times so my memory is a little rusty. I did ask for a picture, and I am sure you are cute, everyone i was and am friends with is a cutey! It is all coming back to me now with that list you dropped. You soo brought up some names there. How are scott and tyler and jeremiah and turtle?? so where is a current pic? do you have a yahoo im?? if you do, look me up. I am usually on during the day – lexisone_1. you can also email me there – lexisone_1@yahoo.com. get in touch! where are you now??

  5. David Taylor says:

    Jen I have been in florida for 12 years So I haven’t seen or talked to any body since 96 I haven’t been to a party either. Do you still go out ,Imiss it sooo much tell me your last name so I got the right Jen Im moving up to Albany in about 2-4 months are you still in the upstate area, things have change sooo much I want go dancing real bad and listen to real HOUSE music down here people don’t have a clue. Sorry I’m rambling on.Ok I dont have a picture or do I have a yahoo im

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